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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

89 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5

Police Court (Before Mr. W. G. Pullen, J.P.). The Late Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 3

Frank Stagg was charged with causing bodily harm to Robert Grigg by wanton driving on Thursday, 14th inst., on the Braidwood-Mongarlowe…

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Man Killed Collision on Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 2

The Uriarra Road upheld its reputation for being the scene of serious and fatal accidents last night, when Lawrence William Bennett, of Molonglo…

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Sunday’s Fatality Young Man Shot Dead

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 June 1931 · page 1

When a party of youths went out on a shooting expedition, last Sunday afternoon, little did they dream that the eldest member would not return…

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Sunday’s Fatality Youth Accidentally Shot The Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 2

The details of last Sunday’s unfortunate shooting accident were unfolded at the inquest, conducted by the Deputy Coroner (Mr. Woodward), on Tuesday…

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Uriarra Rd. Fatality Coroner’s Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 1

The deputy-coroner (Mr. F. P. Woodward) held an inquest at Canberra yesterday, concerning the deaths of Lawrence William Bennett and George…

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Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 2

When two trams proceeding in opposite directions stopped suddenly in the city this morning, a motor lorry crashed into one of them. The…

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Aftermath of Car Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 1

A. collision between two cars on the Tarago-Queanbeyan road on the night of March 5 was the result of two claims for damages before Judge…

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Shocking Tragedy Father and Son Drowned Sulky Driven Into Lagoon

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 18 June 1931 · page 2

A shockinng tragedy occurred at Yarragundry Station, in the Wagga district, last Tuesday afternoon, when a sulky with three occupants, drove into…

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A Palace by Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

Buckingham Palace (writes Mrs. H. A. L. Fisher in “John o’ London’s Weekly”) was not meant to be a royal palace and only with much difficulty and at vast…

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Local and General Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

Mrs. W. B. Henville, of "Frogmore," Braidwood, had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Saturday. It appears she was driving…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 7

A railway employee, named William Crisp, aged 64, was knocked dawn and killed by a train this morning early in Darling Harbor goods…

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Recent Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 1

Frank Stagg was charged with having on 14th May last (1) by wanton driving caused bodily harm to one Robert Grigg; (2) with having…

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Air Officer’s Death Due to Accident Melbourne

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1931 · page 2

The Coroner, after inquiring into the death of Joseph Hugh Ekins, aircraft inspector, who was killed when flying from Melbourne to Sydney in the storm…

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Railway Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 7

The shockingly mutilated body of Louis Adolphus Gawthorpe was found on the railway line near Punchbowl station this morning. He had been…

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Building Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 7

When a wall collapsed at Meyer's Emporium, Melbourne, one man was killed and two seriously injured…

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Another Air Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 2

Five persons, including a wellknown Parisian mannequin, were killed when the Cannes—Paris air liner crashed near Grenoble, owing to the…

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Spanish Riots Four Killed 15 Injured Madrid

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 July 1931 · page 1

Four were killed and fifteen seriously injured, while a hundred arrests were made, during strike rioting at Seville, where the unrest is causing much…

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Shooting Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 2

A man walked into Sydney Hospital and remarked: "I'm worried, I shot myself in the head before breakfast. I haven't seen the bullet come…

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Motor Accidents Largely Avoidable

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1931 · page 3

That a large percentage of motor accidents that occur is avoidable, and attributable to causes over which the owners and drivers have no control. is…

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Up a Tree Accident to Workman

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 1

At Killara yesterday, while engaged in removing branches of a high tree, which interfered with electric light wires, Frank Griffiths had his left arm…

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